Leptin receptor antagonist treatment ameliorates the effects of long-term maternal hypoxia on adrenal expression of key steroidogenic genes in the ovine fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ducsay, Charles A ^a   Furuta, Ken ^a   Vargas, Vladimir E ^a   Kaushal, Kanchan M ^a   Singleton, Krista ^b   Hyatt, Kimberly ^b   Myers, Dean A ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Cortisol; Hypoxia; Leptin; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 17; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3 (OR 17) BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (OR 17)-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LEPTIN; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SHEEP; TIME;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SHEEP; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877157102     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00377.2012     Document Type: Article

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